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Hello Everyone, I am doing my Design Project now and am carrying out an Lifecycle Cost Analysis. I was reading this research paper by Joshua Kneifel who was able to "...autosize the HVAC system to determine the smallest system that will meet the ventilation load requirements." It should be mentioned that he used EnergyPlus 3.0 to do this. I was wondering if the same could be done with Openstudios. I thought that I would change the building insulation and windows to get different heating and cooling load and then use the Openstudio software to "suggest" or "autosize" an HVAC system for me. It should be noted I have no idea about HVAC systems. Thank you in advance.

Rafid Khan

Hello Everyone, I am doing my Design Project now and am carrying out an Lifecycle Cost Analysis. I was reading this research paper by Joshua Kneifel who was able to "...autosize the HVAC system to determine the smallest system that will meet the ventilation load requirements." It should be mentioned that he used EnergyPlus 3.0 to do this. I was wondering if the same could be done with Openstudios. I thought that I would change the building insulation and windows to get different heating and cooling load and then use the Openstudio software to "suggest" or "autosize" an HVAC system for me. It should be noted I have no idea about HVAC systems. Thank you in advance.

Rafid KhanRMAK

Hello Everyone, I am doing my Design Project now and am carrying out an Lifecycle Cost Analysis. I was reading this research paper by Joshua Kneifel who was able to "...autosize the HVAC system to determine the smallest system that will meet the ventilation load requirements." It should be mentioned that he used EnergyPlus 3.0 to do this. I was wondering if the same could be done with Openstudios. I thought that I would change the building insulation and windows to get different heating and cooling load and then use the Openstudio software to "suggest" or "autosize" an HVAC system for me. It should be noted I have no idea about HVAC systems. Thank you in advance.

RMAK

Hello Everyone, I am doing my Design Project now and am carrying out an Lifecycle Cost Analysis. I was reading this research paper by Joshua Kneifel who was able to "...autosize the HVAC system to determine the smallest system that will meet the ventilation load requirements." It should be mentioned that he used EnergyPlus 3.0 to do this. I was wondering if the same could be done with Openstudios. I thought that I would change the building insulation and windows to get different heating and cooling load and then use the Openstudio software to "suggest" or "autosize" an HVAC system for me. It should be noted I have no idea about HVAC systems. Thank you in advance.

RMAK

Hello Everyone, I am doing my Design Project now and am carrying out an Lifecycle Cost Analysis. I was reading this research paper by Joshua Kneifel who was able to "...autosize the HVAC system to determine the smallest system that will meet the ventilation load requirements." It should be mentioned that he used EnergyPlus 3.0 to do this. I was wondering if the same could be done with Openstudios. I thought that I would change the building insulation and windows to get different heating and cooling load and then use the Openstudio software to "suggest" or "autosize" an HVAC system for me. It should be noted I have no idea about HVAC systems. Thank you in advance.

RMAK